Green calls the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo unjustified
Al GreenU.S. representative for Texas
Al Green wrote in H. Res. 1486, the impeachment resolution he submitted on August 24 and offered on the House floor on September 15, that the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was unjustified.
“After blocking Mr. Araujo's vehicle, Federal officers—none of whom were wearing body cameras—committed the unjustified killing of Mr. Araujo, who was unarmed and not a target of an investigation, and arrested the surviving passengers. ... This too is an unjustified killing.”
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Other statements by Al Green in this case
- Al Green calls the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo unjustifiedEarlier: Condemned
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Was ICE justified in fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?
On July 7, 2026, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Houston construction contractor Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an attempted vehicle stop. ICE said the officer fired in self-defense after Salgado Araujo tried to run over an officer with his van. Passengers said no officer was in the van’s path and that Salgado Araujo had stopped before the shot. A later Justice Department account described possible vehicle movement with an officer beside or partly inside the van but expressly reserved any final conclusion.
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Green's allegations about the Duran Guerrero and Salgado Araujo killings.
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Green offered H. Res. 1486, a resolution impeaching President Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors, on the House floor on September 15.
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The House agreed to Rep. Fry of South Carolina's motion to table the resolution on September 15 by a vote of 232 to 147, with 47 answering present.
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The case asks whether ICE was justified in fatally shooting Salgado Araujo. In H. Res. 1486 Green wrote that officers "committed the unjustified killing of Mr. Araujo" and, after describing the Houston shooting, "This too is an unjustified killing." That expressly rejects the justification, so Condemned fits. Challenged the characterization is the closest competing label; it loses because Green evaluates the killing itself.
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